User Manual

• To avoid future wire breaks caused by landscap-
ing efforts, the lawn should never be aerated in
the vicinity of the containment wire.
• For your dog's safety, it is recommended to keep
the containment wire at least ten feet from the
street.
• Keep in mind that you will want at least an 8- to
12-foot containment field (8 to 12 feet on each
side of the wire).
• It is possible to cancel the containment signal in
a portion of the containment loop by twisting the
wires 2 to 3 inches apart. This allows the dog to
cross the twisted containment wire in safe areas
of the yard, as illustrated below, without causing
your dog’s collar receiver to deliver stimulation.
Described below are several popular containment
installations. You may find these helpful in plan-
ning the layout that will best meet your needs.
The perimeter loop is the most common installa-
tion. The wire is placed just inside the property
line and usually forms a square or rectangle.
The hourglass design allows your dog to be con-
tained in either the front or back yard. This layout
is similar to the perimeter loop, except the wire is
run close to the house on two sides. When posi-
tioning the wire parallel to itself as it goes toward
the side of the house from the perimeter, keep it
a distance equal to the field width plus three feet
from itself. To prevent your dog from playing in the
side yard, keep the wire a distance equal to the
field width less one foot from the house.
The back yard loop encloses the back yard and
uses the back portion of the house as part of the
barrier. After laying wire on the three sides of the
back yard, bring the wire a distance of the field
width less one foot from the back corner of the
house to prevent your dog from playing in the side
yard. When running the containment wire parallel
to the side and around the front of the house,
keep the wire a distance from the house equal to
the field width plus three feet to prevent sending
s t i mulation through the walls of the house.
Continue placing wire at this distance from the
home until it reaches the entry hole leading to the
wall transmitter. Encircling the house contains
your pet if he bolts out of the front entrance or the
g a rage door. These areas are usually not
flagged.
A double loop installation will provide a barrier in
the back yard without running wire into the front
yard. Beginning at the wall transmitter, lay the
containment wire to the nearest perimeter and
proceed around the back yard until you are at the
Perimeter Loop
Hourglass Design
Backyard Loop
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